Play That Song Again
Echoes of Love's Journey: Jeffery Straker's Melodic Reflections
Lyrics
Every now and then I look at your picture in a frame
Reflecting on a framed picture of someone.
You're the one I got drunk on and kept drinking anyway
Acknowledging a past relationship that involved drinking.
You turned on my senses like some old radio
Describing the impact of the person on the senses.
Tuned 'em in you helped me let 'em go
Allowing the person to help in letting go of certain emotions.
Held on for all I was worth and I let go again
Struggling to hold on and eventually letting go again.
I've tried to remember & I've tried to forget
Attempts to both remember and forget the past.
You left me lost in my own body from my head down to my toes
Feeling lost after the person's departure.
Play that song again show me how it goes
Requesting to hear a specific song that holds significance.
You took me a prisoner left me on death row
Feeling imprisoned emotionally with a sense of regret.
With a voice in my head saying 'I told you so'
Hearing a self-critical voice confirming warnings.
And I'm in my mother's arms and I'm grey and old
Imagining being in a comforting maternal embrace in old age.
Play that song again show me how it goes yeah
Expressing a desire to hear the significant song again.
Play that song again show me how it goes
Reiterating the longing to hear the meaningful song.
I prayed to the heavens while digging a grave
Praying while contemplating the consequences of past actions.
I filled it with pieces of promises I made
Filling a metaphorical grave with broken promises.
Oh a grown man crying for crying out loud
Acknowledging vulnerability and expressing emotions.
Fought with myself but I stood my ground
Struggling internally but standing firm.
Thought about making a change and starting all brand new
Considering a change and rearranging physical surroundings.
I moved the furniture round & round in my living room
Reflecting on the challenge of repairing something broken.
Oh how to mend the broken? no one really knows
Expressing uncertainty about how to mend the broken.
Play that song again show me how it goes
Repeating the request to hear the significant song.
I can still hear your voice and it's speaking to me
Recalling the lingering presence of the person's voice.
We're dancing round and round in the honesty
Engaging in honest and nostalgic moments while dancing.
I remember the music the first time so soft and slow
Remembering the music from the past, characterized as soft and slow.
Play that song again show me how it goes yeah
Expressing the desire to hear the significant song again.
Play that song again show me how it goes yeah yeah
Reiterating the longing to hear the meaningful song.
Play that song again show me how it goes
Persistently expressing the desire to hear the significant song again.
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